cause the original treasure trove was put in place when money was produced in local mints and there was concern that people might melt it down and pass it off as ancient.... In this example people might fence off gold they "found" elsewhere and pretend its this artists gold. Obviously they might like to forge it into what ever shape the artist has made.

In this case that the objects are gold and found and I would presume that the objects would still need to be reported to the coroner even though they are not then deemed ancient but that's up to the coroner to decide. The guardian story suggests that they may end up digging this beach forever because nobody will know what has been found. Possible the coroner will know. If its not treasure then this might affect the artist http://www.savvywoman.co.uk/c6-pages/c6s...art_id=597

I,m sure numerous laws are being broken here including the Treasure Act of 1996 and numerous health and safety regulations. Furthermore people shouldn't be allowed to dig in the sand on beaches in case Archaeological stratigraphy is destroyed and / or unexploded bombs are uncovered.